Housing for flush pipes



- Aug. 26, 1930. J. M. BONNER. JR 7 1,773,722.

HOUSING FOR FLUSH PIPES Filed May 28, 1929 IN VENT OR. J-

Jan? M 50/9 6/ ATTORNEYS.

' to hold it in place.

Patented Aug. 26, 1930 ULETED STATES Application filed May 28,

This invention relates to a housing for covering a flush-pipe connecting a flush-tank with a flush-bowl. The general object of the invention is to provide a housing of simplev 5 construction which can be readily put in place between the tank and the flush-bowl and which will, finish out the closet with earthenware without necessitating the use of any mortar or cement for making the con 16 nection between the bowl and the 'tank.

A further object of the invention is to providea device of this kind with simple means for supporting it on the flush pipe and for centering the same.

The device comprisesa housing preferably formed of porcelain or similar material,v and one of the objects of my invention is to give this housing an improved form to facilitate its maintaining itself in place between the flush tank and the bowl, and also to construct the; housing and a retaining spring within it in a correlated manner so that the spring will retain itself within the housing without necessitating the use of a separate fastener Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter. l The invention consists in the novel parts and combination of parts to be described 5: hereinafter,-all of which contribute to'pro pointed out in the appended claims.

duce an efficient housing for flush pipes.

A preferred embodiment of the invention isodescribed in the following specification, while the broad. scope of the invention is In the drawings:

Fig. lis a side elevation ofthe flush-tank and flush-bowl and illustrating the housing embodying my invention set in place.

relation to the flush-pipebeing illustrated by the use of dotted lines showing the position of the flush-pipe. I

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA i gnusn PIPES a V I I 7 1929." Serial No. 366,598.

housing 1 which is preferably formed of earthenware having a finish to correspond with the finish of the flush-bowl 2. The housing isof shell form, that is to say, it' is h hollow and formed with a relatively thin shell-like wall 3; v I

''The upper portion of thehousing is en larged laterally into a-relatively large head a, the upper end-of which is formed intoa seat-face 5 to seat against the under side of the bottom 6 of'the flush tank 7. The lower portion ofthe housing is-formed with an outwardly offset neckeS of reduced dimensions laterally and the lower end of thisneckis formed with aseat face 9 which-may rest upon the upper face 10 of thebowlr'(see Fig. 1). In order to facilitate the application of the housing to thefiush-pipe 11 that connects' the tank and the'bowl, the-inner side'of the housing is forme'd'with a relatively large *opening 12.-The presence of this opening permits the housing'to be shovedinto position so that its upper endis received in the In'practicing theinventionI produce-a angle formed between the face 'ofthe wall '1 and the bottom of the tank.

The interior ofthe housing; is provided with means for centering the housingonjthe flush pipe and this means is preferably in the form of a spring. 14 formed of. wire and constructed soa's to engage the spuds15-of the flush-pipe above 1 the coupling nut 11? (see Fig. Thisspring may have any desired-shape but the spring and housing areof correlated forinso that the spring'is I cap'able" of oo-operating with socket means within the shell to retainitself in the shell. This' avoids thexneoessity forzproviding .a separate' fastener. tofrr'atain the spring. For

this purpose .the sprmgiispreferably formed a atitsfenfds with extensions or spurs 16" that 'arej receivediin openings 17 formed in the rear wall of the housing- The' spring is formed with two coils or bows 18' between which. the. material of the wire is bent toform a deep throat 19 opening toward the-wall 135 the inner endflo'f i the throat being closed by bightor bend-20 in the wire. 'fWhen the housing is shoved back into'place the bight "QOTOper-ates as a socket 100.

to receive the flush-pipe thereby operating to center the flush-pipe and to hold it in posiplaced around the flush pipe by a lateral movement and having a substantially flat seat face on its upper side to seat against the under side of the bottom ofthe flush tank, and a resilient metal frame having means for engaging-around the pipe to center the housing upon the same, said housing having socket means cooperating with the resilient frame to'retain the same in the housing. 2. A housing for covering a flush-pipe between a flush-tank and a flush bowl consisting of a shell form body of earthenware having an opening on its rear side to enable the same to be placed around the flush pipe bya lateral movement, the upper portion of said body being enlarged laterally and having a body being relatively wide and having a seat face at its upper end to lie adjacent to the under-side of the bottom of the tank, and means within the housing for centering the same on the flush pipe.

5. A housing for covering a flush pipe between a flush-tank and a flush-bowl consisting of a body of earthenware having an opening on its rear side to enable it to be placed around the flush pipe by a lateral movement, the upper portion of said body being enlarged laterally and having a seat face at its upper end to lie adjacent to the under-side of the bottom of the tank, and means within the'housing for centering the same on the flush tank, said housing having a relatively narrow laterally off-set lower portion with a seat face at its lower end to seat against the upper face of the bowl.

Signed at Walnut Park, Calif, this 20th day of May, 1929.

l JAMES M. BONNER, JR.

substantially, flat seat face to lie adjacent to r the underside of the bottom of the tank, a springlocated in the upper portion of the housing, said housing and spring having a tain the spring within the housing, said spring having a bight formed therein formcorrelated form enabling the housing to reing a socket to receive the flush pipe and cenp v ter the-housing thereupon.

3. A housing for covering a flush-pipe be- 7 tween a flush-tank and a fiush-bowlconsista,

ing of a shell formzbody of earthenware'having an opening on its rear side to enable the same to be placed around the flush pipe by a lateral movement, the upper portion of said bodybeing enlarged laterally and having a v substantially fiat seat'face to lie adjacentto the underside of the bottom of the tank, a

spring located in the said laterally enlarged upper portion of the housing, said housing having socket means for engaging theis'pring to retain the same within the housing, said tion with a seat face at its lower end adapted to seat on the upper face of the bowl.

4. A housing for covering a flush pipe between a fiush-tank and a flush-bowl consisting of a body of earthenware having an opening on its rear side to enable it to'be placed around the flush pipe by a lateral movement,

thelower portion of said body being relatlvely narrow andtheupper portion of said 

